A real-time synchronous detector for the TAE antenna diagnostic at JET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2 PART 1, 2010, Pages 577-582

  Alves, D ^a   Coelho, R ^a   Klein, A ^b   Panis, T ^c   Murari, A ^d  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d Consorzio RFX Associazione EURATOM ENEA per la Fusione ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Estimation; Plasma measurements; Real time systems; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA DIAGNOSTICS; DIGITAL SIGNALS; EIGEN MODES; FREQUENCY MODES; HIGH THROUGHPUT; JOINT EUROPEAN TORUS; LINEAR MODEL; LOCK-IN AMPLIFIER; LOCK-IN TECHNIQUE; NONSTATIONARY; PHASE RESPONSE; PLASMA MEASUREMENT; PLASMA MEASUREMENTS; PLASMA RESPONSE; REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION; RECURSIVE FILTERS; SYNCHRONOUS DETECTORS;

ANTENNAS; ESTIMATION; FUSION REACTORS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; RESONANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 77951151782     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2033679     Document Type: Conference Paper

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